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“Beaucoup de celebration” has pervaded
the normally “calm and reserved” campus
atmosphere here. Students are welcoming
the Noel which will afford them their long
est vacation of the year and are greeting
the advent of the happy Yule season with
many and varied activities, all bordering on
the theme of the one and only Christmas.
“No more school, no more books; no more
teacher’s dirty looks,” may be the thoughts
of many an “NCCite” as he boards the bus,
train, or plane Wednesday afternoon, head
ing for home and the holidays. At least his
thoughts will be in part true. The Christmas
vacation will begin Wednesday afternoon
at one and end January 4 at eight-thirty in
the morning.
START THINGS OFF
The AKA’s, the Scrollers, Ivy Leafs and
Kappas started the proverbial ball rolling
with their annual Christmas party followed
close on by the Home Economics Club which
staged its annual dinner-dance. A few
nights later variously hued, sweeping
growns waltzed around the gym at the Stu
dent Council hop. Even the Dean of Wo
men joined the festivities in sponsoring her
annual Christmas party with group singing
from the dormitories. Shortly after the
gi-oup sing, students returned to their re-
pective dormitories to continue the carolling
and to indulge in the exchanging of gifts.
The Sunday School proved no exception in
foilowing the pattern set by other campus
groups in welcoming the joyous season.
Mernbers of the Sunday School heard the
Christmas story and carolled through the
wee hours of the morning.
ANNUAL CHOIR PROGRAM
^On Sunday the North Carolina College
GO voiced-ehoir impressively rendered por
tions of the' traditionally “Christmasized”
Oratorio, the MESSIAH, at vespers. Arias
from the famed work of Handel and the
‘'Hallelujah Chorus” were performed in
a'idition to carols from Germany, France,
a!'fl England.
Sunday afternoon the Omegas escorted
the Deltas to dinner which was served in
keeping with the general theme of the ap
proaching holidays.
ORGANIZED SOCIALS TO END
The Band-Choir joint Christmas social
was planned for Monday night. The com
bined Delta-Pyramid-Omega-Laijipados so
cial scheduled for Tuesday night is to end
the organized Christmas socials.
These are all indications that the spirit of
Yuletide reigns supreme in the hearts of
the students. These gatherings further
exemplify the feeling of fellowship and
goodwill _ among [North Carolina College
students increased by the nearness of the
holiday of all holidays . . . Christmas . . .
Council To Byy $7,000 Movie Projector
The Scroller-Kappa party held in the Women’s
gymnasium recently launched the wave of Christmas
parties and socials held in connection with coming
Yule season. The staff photographer reports that
Booth Smith, extreme left, was looking for Santa to
come through the gym roof at any minte.—McNeill
Photo.
On} ega^Sppnso red
Film Acclaimed
The film, “The Quiet One,”
co-sponsored by the Omegas Psi
Phi fraternity, shown last Sun
day in the B. N. Duke Auditor
ium, received plaudits of the
capacity cro"wd which attended
its jjremiere showing on the
campus.
The movie was originally
scheduled for Sunday, December
11 but due to a technical dif
ficulty, it Avas re-scheduled and
shown last Simday.
Unanimous approval was
given the showing of the film by
the students who packed the
auditorium. The English version
of “Mr. Peabody and the Mer-
• maid was also shown on the pro
gram.
Plans for showing of other
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Law Frat
Is Formed
The Phi Delta Pi Law Society
was recently formed here. The
group is made up of students in
law school and has sponsored in
connection with the college
forum committee the appearance
of Thurgood Marshall, special
legal counsel of the NAACP,
Officers of the Society are as
follows: Harold Epps, president;
Floyd McKissack, vice-presi
dent; Blanchard Cooke, secre
tary; James Lassiter, assistant
secretary; Harvey Beech, treas
urer; James B. James, par
liamentarian; and Walter Niven,
chairman of program commit-
Itee.
Students To Get
Sunday Movies
Starting In ]an.
A motion picture projector
costing $7,000 will be purchapd
soon for the purpose of showing
movies on the campus, accord
ing to an announcement from
Either Bryant, secretary to the
Student Council.
Purchasing of the machine
will become the project of the
Student Council while Drs. W.
H. Robinson and Albert Turner
will act as representatives for
the students to the company
from whom the machine is being
bought.
Movies will be scheduled week
ly on Sunday nights for the B.
N. Duke auditorium. An ad
mission fee of 25 cents will be
charged for the second-run films
which will be shown.
Payment for the 35 mm. pro
jector will be made over a period
of seven years. Funds for that
payment will come from the gate
receipts of the weekly movies.
fPhe company selling the
machine will furnish operators
for it during the period in
which it is being paid for. Stu
dents will be trained so that they
can oijerate it after the neriod
iri ended. '
t lUyaiii stilted LliaL tl;^
l}ie is expected to arrive-'shortly
after Christmas holidays and
that the first movie is to be
scheduled for the second week in
J anuary.
During the seven year period in
which the machine is being pur
chased, part of the gate receipts
will go for actual payment while
part will go to the Student
Council general treasury. For
the first four years, 85 per cent
of the gate will go toward pay
ment and for the next three
years 40 percent will be earmark
ed for payment.
Contracts for the purchase of
the machine are now being
drawia i;p and final arrange
ments are expected to be com
pleted before school closes for the
holidays.
Student Council members
were elated over the terms of
the purchase and over the pro
spect of sch©du,ling regular
movies for the campus.
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VOLUME 8—NUMBER 3
DURHAM, N. C., DECEMBER—1949
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Clothing Drive
Held By Kappas
Nets 200 Pounds
An estimated total of 200
pounds of clothing was collected
by the Kappa Alpha Psi frater
nity last week. The clothing will
be delieverd to the City Welfare
Department for distribution to
the needy.
Simeon Holloway, chairman
of clothing drive, said that the
collection was a success although
it failed to live up to expecta
tions.
In connection with the drive,
each radio station in the^ejty in
serted “plugs” for the drive
Saturday morning, Dece
7, final day of collectioi
,ddition station-
l_a half hour
is shown in a simu-
The cast of tlie recent TTiespian hit,“Gla^ Men^erie p wiibuml
lated play conditilon. Left to right are Del ores Parks, Howard Campbe , ^ |
Wright (inset), ^nd Anna Walker.
j
Large
1 hespians^ Latest Production]
Religious Week Program
To Feature Chinese Lecturer
“Religious Emphasis Week”
under the sponsorship of the
Federal Council of Churches and
the University Christian Mission
in cooperation with colleges and
universities throughout the na
tion is to be observed at North
Carolina College, January 15
through 19. With the theme “Re
discovering Religion and its
Meaning,” seminars, discussions
and conferences on all phases of
family, social, religious, business
and economic activity are to be
held.
The committee on Religious
Emphasis Week has announced
that in addition to and in con
nection with the seminars and
discussions four prominent guest
speakers will be presented.
ORIENTAL INTELLECTUAL
Dr. T. Z. Koo, statesman and
lecturer, will be the main speak
er. Dr. Koo is a Chinese in
tellectual widely known as an
interpreter of Christianity to
the world, especially the student
world of the East to the West
and of the West to the East. He
Dr. T. Z. Koo
. . . Chinese intellectual . . .
spent nearly three years during
World War II in Japanese-oc
cupied China, finally escaping
after a hazardous journey from
Changhai to Chungking in
1944.
He is a graduate of St. Johns
University in Shanghai and was
the adviser to the Chinese del
egation during the San Francisco
Conference in 1947. His experi
ence also includes twelve years
as Associate General Secretary
and Stvxdent Executive Secre
tary of the National Committee
of the Young Men’s Christian
Association in China.
REV. JONES TO SPEAK
Other speakers include Mr.
Charles M. Jones, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at the Uni
versity of North Carolina and
Mrs. Josephine Kyles, Assistant
Secretary and Director of Chris
tian Education of Children in
the Washington, D. C. Federa
tion of Churches.
All speakers will be available
for group, class seminar and
personal conferelnces and dis
cussions. The program is de
signed to meet the needs of all
persons and some phase of the
activities should hold the inter
est of every member of the col-
llege community.
DePaur Chorus
Opens Season
january 12
The appearance of the De-
Paiir Infantry Chorus at B. N.
Duke auditorium on the night
of January 12, will open the
North Carolina College Concert
series for 1950. Since it’s civilian
debut two years ago the group,
under the direction of Captain
Leonard DePaur, has been hail
ed as one of the finest choral
organizations in the entertain
ment world.
ALL VETS
The group was organized at
Fort Dix, N. J. in 1942, and is
composed of veterans of the
372nd Infantry division. While
members of the armed forces,
the chorus appeared in over
2,000 concerts for American ser
vicemen in every major theatre
of war. It was the enthusiasm
of the men of the army that
inspired the group to remain a
concert until after the war.
The average member of the
DePaur Chorus is 29-years-old
and a bachelor. He went into
the army from Boston, but was
born in Nev/ York City and was
a crack rifleman in the infantry.
Twenty members are graduates
of leading colleges and universi
ties.
FAMED DIRECTOR
The conductor, Leonard De
Paur, enlisted in the army as a
private and rapidliv rose to the
rank of captain. His fame as a
cdnductor of choral music S'S
assured by his work,in the mem-
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A near capacity audience sat spellbound in the B. N. Duke
auditorium December 9 as the curtain rose on an almost eerie set
ting for Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, which was the
Thespians’ latest production.
The lighting created a most
apropos atmosphere, the casting
was excellent and the players
gave challenging performances.
The play itself was a memory
play, based on the pathos of
remembered things — a play
which dealt with the human
weakness of clinging to the un
real. It was the str/jy of a fam
ily of three, living in a drab
flat in a dark St. Louis alley. It
was the story of Amanda, an
overly loquacious mother who
sought her escape from the real
ity in trying to relive her
youth; of Laura, the cripple who
escaped into her dream world
ex machino her glass managerie;
of Tom, the son, who, in his
escape from reality, wandered
away from home and went to sea
only to be constantly haunted
by the memory of his mother
and sister.
WRIGHT BRILLIANT
AVilburn Wright was brilliant
in his performance of Tom who
related the story of the play
through his memory. Delores
Parks was aptly cast in the role
of Laura, the cripple; Anna
Walker gave a convincing por
trayal of Amanda; and Howard
Campbell turned in a creditable
performance in his role of Jim.
Wright, a junior from Wash
ington, appeared with the famed
Howard players who have re
cently returned from a Europe
an tour. Wright was a member
of the group before coming to
'North Carolina College. Anna
Walker, a sophomore from
Statesville, is a veteran on the
North Carolina College stage.
Rated best actress at 1948 Drama
Clinic, she has appeared with
the Thespians in previous pro
ductions, her most noteworthy
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Annual Staff Plans
Photography Slate
The seeming inescapable prob
lem of getting sufficient pictures
of stiulents and stiident activities
in yearbooks which has been a
plague to a great many annual
editors and staffs has been anti
cipated by Maroon and Gray
editor Alexander Arrington as
he announced that schedules for
taking of individual and group
pictures are being made up.
The 1950/ edition of the
Maroon and Gray, scheduled to
be ready for issuance around
May 15,\vill carry an estimated
total of 125 pages, representing
all phases of cainpus life in pic
tures.
FINANCE PLANS
In addition to preparing pho
tography schedules, plans for
financing of the annual are well
underway. Solicitation of pa
trons and student subscriptions
to the book has already begun.
Arrington said that the photo-
Alexander Arrington
. . . sees problem . . .
grapher will probably begin
“shooting” i\mmediately after
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